Re: Convert Stand-alone database to RAC

Is the intent to extend the RAC cluster by one more host? Or simply migrate the existing database to RAC?

If its the former, then the steps are the as adding a new node to an existing cluster, i.e. add storage, additional IP addresses and NIC(s) etc. After that you would convert the database from single instance to a RAC database by either DBCA or RConfig. I might be missing a few steps here :)

If its the latter, you could simply create a new blank RAC database and import the data. The benefits here are that a) you can test performance in parallel on both environments, and b) you have a fallback in case the application does not do well on RAC.

Cheers,
Maaz

On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Chris King <ckaj111_at_yahoo.ca> wrote:

> It seems there are a number of methods to convert a stand-alone database
> to a RAC database.. but it's not clear to me if I have to first move the
> stand-alone database onto the cluster first.. the stand-alone presently
> sits on a separate server on the same network. Can someone clarify that for
> me?
>
> Details: stand-alone is not using ASM, and sits on a stand-alone server
> the RAC cluster is on the same network, and presently runs only one test
> database.
> Both are the same version of Oracle (11.2) and same o/s (RHEL6).
>
> Thank you!
> -ck
>

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